District selects new football coach

The Wolves football program will have a new head coach next season.

Tony Beardsley, athletics director for Sweetwater County School District No. 2, announced the selection of Kevin Cuthbertson as the new head coach. The selection will be finalized at the next school board meeting.

“We look forward to working with Kevin as our new GRHS head football coach,” Beardsley said in a press release. “Kevin has put in a great deal of time in the past as one of our assistant coaches, as well as a physical education and social studies teacher within Sweetwater County School District No. 2.”

Cuthbertson works at Lincoln Middle School, having been at the school since 2009. Prior to working in the district, he was a teacher in Utah.

Cuthbertson was previously an assistant coach and defensive coordinator for the Wolves from 2009-2016. He was the head varsity coach for Desert Hills High School in Utah from 2007-2009 and was an assistant coach and offensive coordinator for Pine View High School and Dixie High School in Utah.

Cuthbertson is a graduate of Green River High School and was an All-State football player and team captain for the Wolves. He also played for Southern Utah University, being a team captain and an All-Conference and team most valuable football player. He also played in the European Federation of American Football semiprofessionally.

Cuthbertson holds a bachelors degree in physical education and social studies from Southern Utah University and has a comprehensive social studies certificate from Rio Salado College.